1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:
Guess Whose Shadow? by Stephen R Swinburne © 1999
Gretchen Groundhog, It's Your Day! by Abby Levine © 1998
Shadowville by Michael Bartalos © 1995
Groundhog Stays Up Late by Margery Cuyler © 2005
2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.
3. TALK, TALK, TALK
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.
Try some of the hand shadows in Project Gutenberg's Hand Shadows To Be Thrown Upon The Wall, by Henry Bursill.
4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of read-along stories, videos and language games for use on computer, Ipad and mobile devices?
5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Corinth Youth Services Pinterest page.
6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Here are the rhymes and songs from today:
Welcome To Storytime! [tune:" Twinkle, Twinkle" ]
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we're here, let's have some fun.
First we'll sing the ABC's,
then we'll read and sing with me.
Welcome, welcome, everyone,
Now we're here let's have some fun.
My Shadow Movements
If I walk, my shadow walks
If I run, my shadow runs,
And when I stand still, as you can see,
My shadow stands beside me.
When I hop, my shadow hops,
When I jump, my shadow jumps,
And when I sit still, as you can see,
My shadow sits beside of me.
Groundhog Day [tune: "Pop! Goes the Weasel" ]
Mr. Groundhog is inside his home, warm and fast asleep. [Lie head down on hands and close eyes]
But he'll wake up and poke his head out for one tiny peep. [Slowly stand up and look around cautiously]
If the day is cloudy and cool, He'll go for a stroll. [Walk around slowly, looking at everything]
But if the sun is shining bright - Pop! Back in his hole! [Jump into a curled-up position with hands covering head.]
Can You Play? [tune: "Frere Jacques" ]
Little groundhog, little groundhog, can you play, can you play?
Popping up your head, popping up your head,
Can you play, Don't run away.
Little groundhog, little groundhog, Can you play, can you play?
Running all around, on the cold hard ground.
Can you play Please, please stay!
Little groundhog, little groundhog, Can you play, can you play?
You can't see your shadow, you can't see your shadow,
Here comes spring, hip hurray!
Here's a Little Groundhog [Tune: "I'm a Little Teapot" ]
Here's a little groundhog, furry and brown,
He's popping up to look around.
If he sees his shadow, down he'll go.
Then six more weeks of winter, oh no!
Nine Little Groundhogs [Tune: "Ten Little Indians" ]
One little, two little, three little groundhogs,
Four little, five little, six little groundhogs,
Seven little, eight little, nine little groundhogs,
Sleeping down under the ground.
Groundhog's Song [tune: "Bear went over the mountain" ]
The days were growing warmer, [repeat 3 times]
If felt so good to me. So, I went out of my burrow [repeat 3 times]
To see what I could see. A great big scary shadow, [repeat 3 times]
was all that I could see. I ran back to my burrow, [repeat 3 times]
Where I could safely be. For six more weeks, I'll stay here, [repeat 3 times]
I'll come out when its spring.
The More We Read Together [Tune: “The More We Get Together” ]
The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.